title: Monitoring and prevention of anemia relying on nutrition and environmental conditions in sports.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  none declared.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Anemia is a blood disorder characterized by abnormally low levels of healthy red blood cells or reduced hemoglobin, the iron-bearing protein in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to tissues throughout the body. The most common symptoms of this disorder are fatigue, weakness and, in extreme cases, shortness of breath or palpitations, or you may have no symptoms at all. Sports anemia is a term loosely applied to a least three different conditions: hemodilution, iron deficiency anemia and foot-strike anemia. Not exclusive to athletes, iron deficiency anemia occurs most often among women who may lose more iron each month when they menstruate than they take in.
  
  
  METHODS
  Therefore, we examined its effect on the physical condition of female athletes. Several years (since 2010th until 2012th), we studied how anemia among girls (pioneers, juniors and seniors categories) that are involved in sports (women's soccer, volleyball and handball) in Rasina's district (Serbia), affecting their physical fitness. When their trainers approach to us, complaining that they have players who are great, so extraordinary talents, but by no means able to withstand more than twenty minutes in the game, we suggest them to perform laboratory tests. It was tested 134th female athletes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anemia was observed in 43. (9. pioneers, 19. juniors and 15. seniors). So, laboratory results showed that in these girls anemia causes poor sport condition. After that, the girls enhanced nutrition. Their diet consisted of iron supplements and vitamins. Altitude training was organized for them, also. After all these treatments, condition significantly improved. It was first time that trainers in Rasina's district realizing significance of laboratory tests.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Geography, University of Nis , Serbia.
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sacirović
authors.forename: Jasminka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Asotic
authors.forename: Radmila
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maksimovic
authors.forename: Borislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Radevic
authors.forename: Benin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muric
authors.forename: Hasim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mekic
authors.forename: Rade
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biocanin
keywords: RBC; altitude training; anemia; haemoglobin; iron; monitoring; prevention; sport environment